Starting and synchronizing of alternating-current dynamo-electric machines



Sept. 4, 1928. 1,683,284

w. A. A. BURGESS STARTING AND SYNCHRONIZING OF ALTERNATING CURRENT DYNAMO ELECTRIC MACHINES I Filed April 1926 3 Sheets-Sheet l Sept. 4, 1928. I 1,683,284

W. A. A. -BURGE$S STAR TING AND SYNCHRONIZING 0F ALTERNATING CURRENT DYNAMO ELECTRIC MACHINES v Filed April 8', 1926 5 sheets-sheet 2 Sept. 4, 192 s. 1,683,284

' W. A. A. BURGESS STARTING AND SYNCHRONI ZING OF ALTERNATING CURRENT DYNAMO ELECTRIC MACHINES FiIed April 1926 a Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Sept. 4, 1928.

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:XVILLIAM ANTHONY AMBROSE BURGESS, OF MOIIKSEATON, ENGLAND, ASSIGN OR T0 A. BEYFIOLLE & COMPANY IANY OF GREAT BRITAIN.

LIMITED, OF HEBBURNON-TYNE, ENGLAND, A GOM- STARTING AND SYNCHRONIZING or AnrnnnArrire-onnnnnr DYnAIiIo-ELEo'rJaIo MACHINES. 1 a 1 v Application filed AprilS, 1926, Serial No. 100,700, and in Great Britain May 9, 1925" This invention relates to the starting and synchronizing of alternating currentdynamo-electric machines.

. hen starting synchonous alternating current dynamo-electrical machinery it is well known that the difference in phase between the supply. voltage and that ofthe'incoming either direct or through the windings of a starting motors As the brushes on the commutator are in a fixed position, there will be a pulsating voltage at full supply periodicity but comparatively small amplitude impressed on the brushes at the moment of switching in, and this periodicity will fall as the machine speeds up until at synchronism no pulsation will take place. i g

In order to protect the instruments commonly utilized to indicate synchroniem, it hasbean proposedto connectfirst a less sensi tive device to indicate the approach of synchronism and to-connect the more sensitive device when there is less danger of damage to it. I l

Various devices have been employed in the nature of voltmeter relays and the like whereby the later stage has been indicated and circuits controlled so as to indicate the correct moment of synchromsm and to perform the final switching ope-rations necessary to throw the machine into full 'operadepended upon the direct current polarity being right with respect to that of the supply. The primary object of the present invention is to provide means whereby the starting and synchronizing of an A. C. machine at the right polarity shall. be accomplished in a simple and sure way. i i i r 7 Further objects of the invention" will be apparentfrom the followingdescription of the accompanying drawings. and TTFOHTi'llG appendedclaims'. In thesedrawinjgs,

. Figure 1 is a graph illustrating the nature of the beat between the supply voltage and the voltage-0f the machine, and i Figures 2-7 are diagrams respectively carrying out theinvent-ion.

An important feature .of the invent-ion which is present in all the arrangements illustrated is the provision of a relay so constructed and arranged that when the beat between the. supply, voltage andfthe voltage of the machine is sufficiently slow,-thejfield illustrating six alternative arrangements for of the machine is altered so as to bring the machine into synchronism at the correct polarity. The relay is polarized or otherwise directionally biassed so thatit will operate onlyfor half ofthe beat or wave (orffor those portions of the beat which have the same polarity),and: it controls the field of the machine in some suitable manner, as for example by short-circuiting a resistance in;

serieswith the field magnet winding, or by introducing a series booster or a secondary or'in an eXciter field circuit, or by operating q battery in series with the main field winding a switch arranged to complete the main or 4 exciter field circuit or to alter the whole or. a

This relay may be referred to as fieldbiassing or field-controlling. relay,- its primaryfunction being, when the beat is sufficiently slow,to alter or bias the Strength of the field or otherwise to cause the application or increase of a synchronizing. force during each alternate half-beat or during such portions of the beatashave the same polarity. Thus the relay will alternatelyopen and. close its contacts at every change of polarity of thebeat, each closing causing an alteration in the field which willstrengthen the forces tending to pull the machine intosynchronism. In actual practice, however, it will generally be unnecessary for the relay to operate, more than once (or possibly twice), for the alteration of the field can usually be made such that after a'single application of the relay the beat is so strongly afl'ected that its polarity will not again change, with the result that the relay contacts will not open again.

In order that this field-controlling relay may only come into operation when the beatis suiliciently slow dainping means are provided either on the relay itself (e. g. int-he form of a dash-pot, magnetic brake or air van-e) or controlling the circuit: to the operating coil of the relay. When the damp ing means are separate from the relay, they may take the form of a transformer, whose primary Winding is connected 111661168 with the operating coil of the relay, whilst its secondary winding is short-cireuited and is so arranged as to prevent the flow of suflicient current to operate the relay until the beat frequency has fallen to. the predetermined val'ue' Alternatively the damplng means may comprise a separate relay so constructedthat it will not respond to beats at a frequency higher than those at which the field-controlling relayis required to operate.

This second relay may be referred to as a damped relay, for it is preferably electrically damped by the p'rovisionof a closed auxiliary winding on or adjacent to the core and in such relation to the primary winding that currents induced in the closed winding by the primary winding will have the effectof preventing the attraction of the armature until the beat frequency has become sulficiently low. hen this occurs the circuit of the field-controllingrelay will be closed. The amount of damping provided on this relay may bear aldefinite relation to the time-lag of the field-controlling relay.

In the. case of'machines with a very small residual magnetic field, the pulsation or beat voltage will attain approximately equal amplitude on either side of a zero polarity line, but in a machine with an appreciable residual field a polarity bias is introduced in direct'proportion to the residual field and to the speed of the machine..'In the case of commutating machines, such for example as rotary converters, starting with brushes on the commutator and with the field circuit closed, this residual bias is further-strengthened by the effect of the generated voltage on the field circuit.

The polarity of the residualmagnetism may thus-influence the 'polarity'at which the machine pulls into synchronism, but the pulsating A. C. voltage, when nearing synchronism, usually is or can be made to be of sufiici'ent amplitude to cross the" zero polarity line.

ing drawings which is intended to indicate the general form of the pulsating voltage plotted against time in the case of a rotary This illustrated by thegraph shown in Figure 1 of the accompanyconverter. This graph is inserted in explanation only and does not necessarily correctly represent conditions for any particular machine. In this graph the straight line'A represents the mean bias (assumed to be negative) due to the residual magnetism, whilst the dotted line A indicates the extra negative bias produced by the generated oltage. The curve A shows the resultant.

pulsation, or beat voltage. It will be observed that the frequency of the beat falls, and the amplitude increases up to a point A." (at whichthe tappings in the starting circuit are changed over). A relatively large increase in amplitude now takes place with the result that the curve crosses the zero polarity line at A the polarity of the beat remaining positive for a brief period to' pulls into synchronisrn and the curve moves up as at A to the steady D. C. voltage value without again crossing the zero line.

The dotted line A indicates the course the curve would have taken if the relay had not operated. If the arrangement is such that only a small alteration is caused in the field circuit by the operation of the relay, the curve would not at once move up to the steady D. C. voltage value but would again cross t e Zero line. i The relay would" then open its contacts and close them. again when the Zero line is next crossed, the curve gradually'being moved. further over to the positive side as a result of the repeated biassin of the field, until finally the curve remains wholly above the zeroline. The relay will then hold its contacts closed until the machine pulls into synchronism when the curve will then'indicate the steady D; C. voltage; Again even with a relatively large alteration in the field circuit, a second operation of the relay might be necessary, if

the critical value of the beat frequency hap-' pened to occur, say, shortly before the point A? while the curve .is moving rapidly downwards.

The invention may becarried into practice in various ways, but Figures 2-7 of the accompanying drawings respectively illus- 'trate diagrammatically some alternative arrangements according thereto.

Figure .2 illustrates a simple form of the invention as applied to the starting and synchronizing of asynchronous induction motor, having a stator-B and a rotor B carrying field windings B connected to slip field circuit of the machine. The primary operating coil D of the damped relay is also connected across the field circuit, and this relay is provided with a short-circuited auxiliary winding D The arrangement of the windings of the damped, relay is such that it will not close its cont-acts D until the periodicity of the pulsation or beat voltage,

. which is set up in the field circuit when the machine has been started up, has fallen to a predetermined value. WVhen the beat frequency has fallen to this value the damped relay will'close its contacts D and thus com-. plete the circuit to the polarized relay C. This relay C will then close its contacts C as soon as the beat has the correct polarity and suflicient amplitude, thus short-circuiting the resistance B; This has the effect of strengthening the field and thereby of increasing the forces tendinglto pull the ma chine intosynchronism. The alteration of the field may be such that the beat retains the same polarity after a single operation of the relay C, and in this case the relay will III not again open its contacts C the machine meanwhile pulling into synchronism. however the alteration of the field is insuificient for this the relay will open its contacts when the polarity of the beat changes and will close them again to give a further bias to the field. This action will be repeated until the beat is so far .biassed as alwaysto retain the same polarity, when the machine will pull into synchronism at the correct polarity.

Instead of,'or in addition to, short-eircuiting the resistance B the relay C may act to operate a field switch B thereby inserting the exciter B4 in series with the main field circuit B which may up'to this point have been either open-circuited orshort-circuited through a resistance B.

Figures 3 and {ishow alternative arrangements for biassing the'field by means respec tively of a storage battery and a series booster. In these figures partof an A. C. dynamoelectric machine (for example the rotor of a rotary converter) is indicated at E, with its field winding E and field regulating resistance E A polarized relay F is connected across the fieldcircuit, this relay being itself damped (e. by rneans of a dashpot, magnetic brake or air vanenot shown) so that it will not close its contacts F until the beat set up in the field circuit has become sufficiently slow. -The closing of the relay contacts F completes a circuit across the field circuit of the machine to the operating coil of a contactor F .In the case. of Y Figure 3 this contactor F serves, when closed, to introduce a storage battery"G-.in-"

series with the field winding 7E whil'stin Figure 4 the contractor F introduces a booster G driven by the rotorrE (oralternav v tive'ly by any other means) into the field circuit. In either case the battery Glor booster G acts to increase the amplitude 'of the beat in the correct directionsufficiontly to enablethe machine to pull into synchronism with the correct polarity. It will be understood thatthe biassing batteryor booster is disconnected and normal connection is made when theusual running switch (not shown) is operated. T 5' 1 Figure-5 shows the application of themvention to a tap-started rotary converter,one

phase only being shown-on the'A. C. side for the sake of clearness. -:The A; C. supply to the slip rings H of thejconverter H is derived from a' three-phase transformer H each of whose low tension windings s provided with one (or more) tappings H Bulfer resistancesor other known devices for limiting the value of the A'. C.-current-when full voltage isapplied and also the usual short-circuiting switches I are also 7 omitted from the drawings for the sake of clearness. The main field winding H is reversed before starting, this beingefiected either automati- If cally or by hand. 'Withsucha reversed field it is impossible for the inachine to pull into step, but the amplitude of the beat-set up in the field circuit willbecome sufficient on either side of the zero line to enable the desired polarity to be selected with certainty when the normal field connection is reverted t i V.

A polarity relay is connected across the field circuit in'series'with the primary winding J of atransformer, whose secondary winding J 1s short-circuited by a resistance:

J This transformer J J is so arranged that it will act a a filter device'to prevent the flow of sufficient current to operate the relay J unless the frequency of the beatis less than a; predetermined value. forms of filt'er device, such as a choke coil, may be employed instead of the transformer J J The closing of the contacts J of the Other Hll) ill?) polarity relay J completes a circuit to the I operating coilKof the field reversing coni The coilf Ki also controls ta'ctors K K three sets of auxiliary contacts K? K K one o'fwhich K opens to break the circuit to the polarity relay whilstthe second K closes to complet'ean alternative circuit to the coil K and thus make it independent of the polarity relay contacts J .0 The contacts K are preferably arrangedtoclose before the contacts K open;

'Thegthirdj set of-coir tacts K .closes and completes the circuit ;to

v a normal voltage relay L, whose contacts L in, turn control the circuit to a motor or solenoid L which serves to operate the running switches L in the three phases and also auxiliary switches L L L. The auxiliary switches L L act when operated to connect alternative circuit to the coil K. r

' The drawing showsthe circuits in conditionready 'forstarting and it will be noticed that the field winding H is at this stage connected (through the reversing con-- tactors K K and the auxiliary switches L L) to the D. C. brushes of themachine in a sense opposite to that of normal running, thus-ensuring that the machine cannot pull into synchronism. 'Alternating. current at reduced voltage; is now supplied to the convertergslip rings H through the trans- .formcrtappings H andabeat voltage is consequently set up inv the field circuit.

' When the beats have become slow enough the transformer J J 2 will allow sufiicient current to flow to operate the polarity relay J but this relay will not actually close its cont-acts J 4 unless or until the polarity and amplitude of the ,beat are satisfactory. The clos'ng of the contacts J energizes the coil K, which breaks the'circuit to the polarity relay J and makes its own circuit and at the same time operates the reversing contactors K K whereby theconnections of the field winding H are changed over from the reversed to the normal condition. The

machine now pulls into synchronism and when the 'D; C. voltage has built up-tothe desired value, the relayL (the circuitto' I t verteris a polarity relay Q which 18 so which was completed by the closing of the contacts K5) closes its contacts L and en 7 The run "ning switches L are now transferred from ergizes-the motor or solenoid L their starting to their running positions,

so that full voltage is supplied to the slip rings H and the auxiliary switches L L L are operated to cut out the coil K and to maintain the-field winding H in its normal'connections independently of the reversing contactors K K If it should happen that the coil K is operated shortly before the beat polarityis about to change, the

voltage may not build up quickly enough for the coil K to hold its contacts closed. In this case the contacts will open again and reinsert .the polarity relay J. WVhen the beat polarity changes back again'the relay 5' will again operate and will. energize the coil K sufficiently early to ensure the voltage building up satisfactorily, when the operations will continue a v above described.

It will be appreciated that means other than those described may be employed to transfer the field winding connections from therethe converter shaft. v lustrate alternative arrangements in which a versed torthe normal condition "at, an vappropriate time after starting operations have commenced. a

I The arrangement of Figure 5 may also be employed with a rotary converter start-4 ed by means of a small starting motoron Flgures 6 and '7 llstarting -motor is employed, but it will be appreciated that these arrangements may, 7 also be used in the case of atap-started or a reactance-started converter and also with a motor-started rotaryconverter-of the well known Rosenberg type.

other ends of the windings of the starting; A

motor are connected through starting switches O controlledxby a solenoid or motor 0 to the other poles of the transformer phase windings M and the tappings M and the slip rings N are also connected to these phase windings respectively through startingswitches 0 controlled by the solenoid O and running switches P controlled byia solenoid or motor P. The field winding N of the converter is disconnected from:

the machine before starting,-ai1d (as willbe described'later) is connected thereto through a field regulating resistance Nf when run- Connected across the brushes of the conis correct. Alternatively, the polarity 'relay Q, may be connected across the field circuit to operate by reason of the beat induced in this circuit by the pulsations in the armature circuit. The closing of the contacts Q completes the circuit from control .busbars Q? Q (energized from a transformer Q" connected across one phase of the A. C supply circuit) or from a separate local source to a field contactor Q the closing of whose contacts connects the field winding N directly across the D. C. brushes of the machine.

brushes of the machine and controls contacts R R 133, one of which R controls the supply circuit from the control busbars Q Q to the solenoid P, and the second R con- .trols the circuit to the polarity relay 2Q,

whilst the third R (which is preferably arranged to close before the contacts R open) A normal voltage relay R is connected across the D. U.

wease providesan alternative supply to the field] through the field regulating resistance N.

The circuit from the brushes 'to the polarity relay Q may be taken directly through the contacts R but as illustrated this circuit also includes an auxiliary switch 0* operated by the starting switch solenoid O. The solenoid P controlling the running switches 'P also operates two auxiliary switches P control busbars Q Q to the starting switch solenoid O, Y a

The drawing shows all the circuits 1n conditlon ready for starting. When the machineis'to be started up the main switch M is closed, and alternating current is supplied through the transformer M -M to the slip rings N N the current to the slip rings N passing through the closed starting switches and the full windings of the starting motor M At a predetermined time after starting operations have coinmenced the switch 0 is closed by appropriate means (not shown), and the solenoid O is thus energized to openithe switchesO and to close the switches O thus cutting out part-of the motor windings, The energiza tion of the solenoid 0 also causes the auxiliary switch 0 to close and complete the circuit to the polarity relay Q.

In the armature (or alternatively the field) circuit of the machine a beat has meanwhile been set up, and as soon as the frequency, amplitude and polarity of the beat are satisfactory the polarity relay Q will close itscontacts Q3 and'thus operate the field contactor Q, to connect the'field winding N to the D. C brushes of e ac in This connection of a previously disconnected 1 field. winding tothe brushes of the machine is equivalent to the short-circuiting of the resistance B in Figure 2 it this resistance be taken as infinite. 1 T he connection of the field winding N?- to the machine enables the machine to pull into synchronism, although as has been explained with reteren ce'to the contactorK inFig'ure 3 a second operation of the polarity relay may benecessary under certain. circuinstances. lVhen synchronism has been attained and the D. C. voltage has built up to the desired value, the normal voltage relay B will be operated. The opening of thepcont'actsR deenergizes the polarity relayQ, and thereby causes the col tactorQ- to open itscontacts, but before this takes place the alternative circuit to the held through the regulating resistance N? has been completed by the closing of the contacts R this resistance N being set for normal no-load voltage. "The closing not thecontacts R ucompletes the circuit to the solenoid P which, thereupon closes the runningv switches P and also operates the auxiliary switches P'i P Theopening o't the nterlook switchfP deenergizes the solenoid Q Whichoperates the starting switches, the slip rings h. being now connficl d directlyfto thetrans t'ormer secondary M through the running switches P The closing of the auxiliary switch P provides an alternative connection to the regulating resistance ,N rendering it independent of the normal volts relay R which may if desired be deenlergized. The machine is 'now' fully cons nectcd up in its running condition and is ready to take the load von the D. C. side. Flg. 7 shows amoditied form. of theatrangement of Figurev 6 in which a D, 0,,

supply from the machine itself is first used I a to operate the starting switch gear and to open the hold circuit, in order to prevent the machine from automatically synchronizing with the wrong polarity before thepolarit'y relay could operate, j l i In this arrangement the A. C, connections to the converter are identical with those shown in Figure 6 and the same reference letters are employed, parts of these circuits being omitted torthe sake of clearness. The

solenoids Q and PQwhich respectivel control the starting and running SWltCglQS O and P now derive their current trom the brushes of the machine and consequentlythe control busbars are dispensed with, the polel withflthe contacts Q} of the polarity relay,

whilst theother is connected in thesu'pply circuit; to the solenoid Q.

The circuits are shown 1n condition ready for starting, and it will be noticed that in this casethe field winding N is connectedat starting to the D. Q. brushes of the machine larityrelay itself acting directly as field 1n vthis case, however, the solethrough the auxiliary switch 0 When the machine is started up, alternating current is supplied directly to the siip rings N and p through the windings of thestarting motor M-Pto the slip rings N v The D. C voltage begins to build up in the field circuit of the machine ,duetothe residual magnetic field, and when at reaches a predetermined value it operates the solenoid O, which is connecteddirectly across the brushes through the A switclrGf i,;Tl e starting switches 0} now open ;a;n,dthe switches 0 close thereby cut ting out part of the starting motor windings,

Anti-h ame-time he liary" witch .0?

opens anddisconnects the field Winding N V h from the machine brushes, whilst the open ing of-the switch deenergizes the solenoid The machine now runs up to subsynchronous speed, and when the beat in the field circuit reaches the predetermined frequency, amplitude" and polarity, the polarity relay 'Q closes its contacts'Q and again connects the field winding N to the machine brushes. The machine now pulls into synchronism with the correct polarity, and when the D. C. voltage builds up to the desired value, the normal voltage relay R operates to energize the solenoid P. The solenoid P closes the running switches P thusconnecting all the machine slip rings direct to the supply transformer,'and deenergizes the relays Q- and R having first provided an alternative supply to the field t-hroughthe field regulating resistance N The machine is now in its correct running condition.

It will be appreciated that the various alternative above described have been given by way of example only and that the invention may be carried into practice in other ways and 1 may be applied tothe starting and synchronizing not only of synchronous induction motors and rotary converters but of motor converters and otherA. C. dynamoelectric machines. What I claim as my'inventi -1. In starting and synchronizing appara- V tus for an A. C. dynamo-electric machine,

'whereby the field connections are brought into their normal condition when the relay operates.

2. In starting and synchronizing apparatus for an A. C. dynamo-electric machine,

the combination with the main field windmg of the machine whose connections to the machine terminals are reversed when starting'operations commence, of an A. C. supply circuit for the machine, a D. (J. circuit associated'with the field of the machine, a relay connected to the D. C. circuit and responsive to the beat between the supply voltage and'thevoltage of the machine, therelay being directionally biassed so that it will alternately close and open its contactsrwhen the polarity of the beat changes,

means for'preventing operation of the relay until the frequency of the beat has fallen v on and desire to secure by Letters Patent is to a predetermined value, and means where by each closing ofthe relay contacts causes the field connections to be brought into'their normal condition.

3. In starting and'synchronizing apparatus for a dynamo-electric, machine for converting A. 'C. energy into D. C. energy;

the combination with the machine field winding whose connections to the machine D; C. terminals durlng 'start-ing operations are in a-condition other than that necessary for synchronizing, of a polarized relay so arranged and so connected to the machine-D. (3. terminals that it will first close its contacts when the beat between the supply voltage and the voltage of the machine is sufliciently slowand will thereafter alternately open and close its contacts when the polarity of the beat changes, and meanswhereby each. closing of therelay contacts causes an alteration to be made in the field circuit and thereby increases the forces tending to. pull the machine into' synchronism at the correct polarity.

4. In starting and synchronizing apparatus for a dynamo-electric machine for converting A. C. energy into D. C. energy, the

combination with the machine field winding whose connections to the machine D. C. terminals are reversed during starting operations whereby the machine is prevented from pulling into synchroiiism, of a relay so arranged and so connected to the machine D. C. terminals as to be operative when the beat between the supply periodicity and the periodicity corresponding to the'actual speedof the machine is'sufiiciently slow, and

,means whereby the" field connections are broughtinto their correctsynchronizing condition whenthe relay operates.

5; In starting and synchronizing appara- 'tusfor a dynamo-electric machine for converting' A. (1. energy into D. C. energy, the combination with the machine field winding whose connectionsto' the machine D. C. ter- 'minals are reversed during starting operations whereby-the machine is prevented from pullinginto synchronism, of a polarized re- I lay connected acrossthe machine D. C. terminals andresponsive to such portions of the beat between the supply voltage and the voltageofthe machine as have the same polarity, a damping device separate from the polarized relay and controlling the operating circuit thereto whereby the operation of the relay is prevented until the frequency of the beat has fallen to a predetermined value, and means whereby the field connections are brought into theircorrect synchronizing conditionwhen the relay operateg.

' 6. V The combination with the features set out in claimet, of a further relay which operates its cont-acts when synchronism-is attained,

and means whereby such further relay rel;

brings the field circuit and the supply circuit of the machine into their correct running conditions. v

7. In starting and synchronizing apparatus for a dynamo-electric machine for converting A. C. energy into D. C. energy, the combination with the machine field winding whose connections to the machine D. C. ter- 'minals during starting operations are in a condition other than that necessary for synchronizing, of a relay soarranged and so connected to the machine D. 0, terminals as to be operative when the beat between the supply periodicity and the periodicity corresponding to the actual speed ofthe machine is sufiiciently slow, means whereby the operation of the relay is caused to bring the field connections into their correct synchronizing condition, a further relay which operates its contacts when synchronism is attained, and means whereby such further relay brings the field circuit and the supply circuit of the machine into their correct running conditions.

8. In starting and synchronizing apparatus for a dynamo-electric machine forconverting A. C. energy into D. C. energy, the combination with the machine fieldrwinding whose connections to the machine D. C. terminals during starting operationsare in a condition other than that necessary for synchronizing, of a polarized relay connected across the machine D. C. terminals and responsive to such portions of the beat between the supply voltage and the voltage of the machine as have the same polarity, means for preventing operation of the relay until the frequency of the beat has fallen to a predetermined value, means whereby the operation of the relay is'caused to bring thefield connections into'their correct synchronizingcfondition, a further relay which operates its contacts when synchromsm is attained, and means whereby such further relay brings the field circuit and the supply circuit of the machine into their correct running conditions.

9. In starting andsynchronizing apparatus for a dynamo-electric machine for con ly close and open its contacts when the polarity of the beat changes, damping means separate from the relay and controlling the operating circuit thereto whereby the relay cannotoperate its contacts until the frequency of the beat has fallen to a predetermined'value, means wherebyeach operation of the relay acts to bring the field connections into their correct synchronizing condition, a further relay which operates its contacts when synchronism is attained, and means whereby such further relay brings the field circuit and the supply circuit'of the machine into their correct running condi .tions.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

. WILLIAM ANTHONY AMBROSE "suacrss. 

